Type
Closure
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Wales; East Wales; Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Location of affected unit(s)
Merthyr Tydfil
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products
Manufacture Of Electrical Equipment
27 - Manufacture of electrical equipment

337 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
6 March 2009
Employment effect (start)
6 March 2009
Foreseen end date
14 March 2009

Description

Hoover, a manufacturer of electrical goods, is to finish production at its site in Merthyr Tydfil with the loss of all 337 production jobs. Production is being halted on 14 March 2009 as Hoover says the costs of making goods at the site are too high. The company will keep its headquarters at the site, which will continue to employ 113 people.


Sources

  • 6 March 2009: BBC News

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Hoover, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 68460, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68460.